A16: Conflict and Crisis in the Middle East 1946-1996

Excellent general site for an overview: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/A16.htm (notes on each section are good, I also recommend the very comprehensive revision PowerPoint that you can download at the bottom of the page).

Coursework

Assignment 1

Yom Kippur coursework question materials:

Brief summary of the war for background information:

Presentation on the effects of the Yom Kippur war

Encarta entry on the effects of Yom Kippur:

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 coursework sources and questions

Assignment 2, Question 4:

You may find the Wikipedia article on the Palestinian Fedayeen useful reading, focus on the introductory paragraph and the section on 'emergence':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Fedayeen

PowerPoint guide to answering question 4:

Useful links general links

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/middle_east_1917_to_1973.htm Excellent for general background information on events in the middle east from 1917 through to 1973

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/mideast/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/mideastpeace/ - scroll down to 'one land two peoples' for an excellent summary

Washington Post Multimedia section on the crisis over the last 20 years or so

Lebanon

Lebanon worksheet here:

Camp David to Oslo

Intifada PowerPoint:

First Intifada, Wikipedia entry in PDF format:

Successes and failures from Camp David to Oslo, worksheet with questions:

Half a minute quiz on 'Camp David to Oslo', test your understanding of the above sheet!: fromcampdavidtooslohalfaminute.swf If this link doesn't work try this alternative location: Alternative download

Very brief summary of the Oslo accords from CNN: 1993_Oslo_accords_summary.png

Oslo and beyond, presentation on the key points of the accords along with unresolved issues: